Permit delay blamed for lost poultry jobs

He says the Central Goldfields Council took eight months to approve a 10-shed expansion of the farm and he lost financial backing.

Mr Stoiljkovic says the remaining 14 employees and his family are working to keep the business afloat, with the aim of re-employing those sacked.

"We all are working basically 16 hours a day trying to catch up with the thing but we would come on top of it I would say by mid ... next year, towards end of the year and we're hoping to reinstate those people," he said.

The Central Goldfields Mayor, Chris Meddows-Taylor, has not returned the ABC's calls.